Walking with The Poor

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• Resilience? Resigned acceptance? Or a bit of both?  In the face of poverty, which of these does the Urban Poor have?
• Responding to the Urban Poor: “Let me count the ways…”
• Does our perspective on poverty guide our response?
• • Obvious answer: Of course.
• Does our perspective on poverty keep the poor poor?
• • Possibly yes.
• Defining the Urban Poor: Is there a one size fits all definition?  Or in our changing, multifaceted, multicultural, multidimensional world, is that an impossibility?
• Will there ever be an end to poverty?
• • I think not. / Depends on the poverty.

While writing this post and searching for supplementary info, found out that the 17th of October was the “International Day for the Eradication of Poverty”. A quote from the Chief of the UN,

Let us remember that ending poverty is not a matter of charity but a question of justice.

~ Optional extras:

• Articles:
• • two financial systems—one for the rich and one for the poor
• • Can We Really End Poverty?
• • ‘Ending world poverty is an unrealistic goal’
• Podcasts:
• • Getting the measure of global poverty (Individual Development Measure)
• Reports:
• • Going Above And Beyond To End Poverty: New Ways Of Measuring Poverty Shed New Light On The Challenges Ahead
• Videos:
• • The Poverty Paradox: Why Most Poverty Programs Fail And How To Fix Them – Efosa Ojomo
• • We can end poverty, but this is why we haven’t | Teva Sienicki | TEDxMileHighWomen